Female drug lord arrested on flight seconds after landing back in UK

Police accused a British woman of operating a cocaine trafficking network with her ex-husband, leading to her detention as soon as her plane landed.

Officers were waiting at the airport to accompany 53-year-old Lisa Regan off her EasyJet flight after it landed in the UK.

In the video, Regan is seen hauling her suitcase across the tarmac on her way back from vacation before being loaded into a police van. Both Regan and her 44-year-old ex-husband, Phillip Jones, have been imprisoned for allegedly running a drug enterprise that supplied traffickers in Swansea and Ammanford with substantial amounts of cocaine.

Investigators said Regan laundered proceeds from the enterprise through a café she owned in Blaenymaes, Swansea. Detectives also uncovered phone footage showing Jones slicing up a kilogram of cocaine as the pair allegedly continued running the business behind the scenes.

In October, at Swansea Magistrates’ Court, Jones admitted five offences: being concerned in the supply of cocaine, two counts of possession with intent to supply cocaine, concealing criminal property and driving while disqualified. Regan pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine, possession with intent to supply cocaine and concealing criminal property. She was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison, while Jones received six years and eight months.

Sergeant Luke Tucker said, “Between them, Lisa Regan, Phillip Jones and Tracy Lewis were responsible for flooding our local communities with significant quantities of Class A and B drugs. They thought that they were above the law – but they will have been devastated to discover that their operations weren’t as impenetrable as they thought. They will now get the chance to reflect on that over their long prison spells. Their removal from society has made our streets far safer and better off.”

Police also jailed 54-year-old Tracy Lewis, whom officers described as a dealer purchasing large amounts of drugs from Regan and running his own network in the Ammanford area. Lewis, of Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine, crack cocaine and cannabis, possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession of cocaine and possession of criminal property. He was sentenced to six years